After Idaho Sen. Nicole LeFavour spent more than five hours in an 11-by-4 closet just off the Senate floor, the Senate voted Wednesday to temporarily suspend her floor privileges. The change is only for the balance of the 2014 session,…

The leader of the GOP supermajority in the Idaho Senate and his second lieutenant say rebuilding support of education is a higher priority than adding to tax relief granted in recent years. “You’re not going to see as many tax…

With escalating tactics by “Add the Words” protesters aimed at delaying business in the Capitol, the Legislature’s top leaders say they hope to avoid disruption that might postpone their March 21 target for adjournment. Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill,…

Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill broke the news Tuesday about a move to raise speed limits as a sweetener in a lunch talk he gave Tuesday to the Idaho Society of Association Executives. Hill said Senate Majority Leader Bart…

The debate over adding personal financial disclosure by candidates to Idaho’s Sunshine Law may get new life with the voluntarily disclosures of Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff that he and his wife’s net worth exceeds $60 million. The man Balukoff…